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Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2023
Longer general inpatient hospice stays and high-cost issues are reasons for the audit, dubbed the “Audit of Selected, High-Risk Medicare Hospice General Inpatient Services,” according to OIG. Through the audit, OIG will determine whether hospice providers that billed for general inpatient care complied with Medicare requirements.
Traditions Health
AUGUST 21, 2023
And that’s where home health care, and home care services, come in. While both services make getting the care you need at home easier, there is a difference. Home health care vs. Home care Although they sound similar, home health care and home care require unique skills and levels of support.
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Hospice News
MARCH 8, 2024
Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider has since expanded its geographic reach across the Southeast region to include Georgia.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
A leading cause of fraud involves hospices billing Medicare for services for which patients were not eligible, according to a 2021 report from Bass, Berry, & Sims. Some hospices have already begun seeing penalties from a rise in UPIC audit activity, including reimbursement suspensions or Medicare claim repayments.
AlayaCare
OCTOBER 31, 2019
As 2019 enters the home stretch and we look forward to the year ahead, it’s an opportune time to prepare for the issues and trends that will impact the home care industry. These themes will continue to be felt as we enter 2020. Here at AlayaCare, we built our Care Plan 2.0 module to fit this new perspective.
GeriPal
JULY 6, 2023
Susan: I got my start working for a member of Congress doing constituent casework and a lot of the casework was supporting older adults with VA, Social Security, Medicare, immigration casework. It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance.
GeriPal
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy! Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Karl Steinberg, he’s a palliative care doc and a geriatrician.
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